More recently, his research has found new attention and urgency in President Donald Trump’s second term: Borjas, 75, worked as a top economist on the Council of Economic Advisers, a post he stepped down from last week. Borjas is an immigrant and refugee who escaped Cuba for the United States in 1962 and later obtained…
Profile of George Borjas and his influence
Profile of George Borjas and his influence
12 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: economics of immigration
Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
11 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in discrimination, International law, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, racial discrimination, war against terror, West Bank
The relationship between Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism is real, contested, and often confused. They are not identical, but they overlap in important and historically dangerous ways. The clearest way to understand the connection is to distinguish conceptual differences from practical realities. 1. What the terms mean (in principle) Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is hostility toward Jews as Jews—whether […]
Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Confirms his Utter Contempt for the First Amendment Before Congress
11 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, free speech
For years, some of us have argued that President Donald Trump’s January 6th speech was protected under the First Amendment…
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Confirms his Utter Contempt for the First Amendment Before Congress
Trump’s Shameful Economic Illiteracy
11 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, financial economics, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, regulation, rentseeking
No, today’s column is not about Trump’s inane protectionism, which is definitely an example of economic illiteracy. It’s about another area where Trump is copying Joe Biden, channeling Elizabeth Warren, mind-melding with AOC, and acting like Bernie Sanders. Though it probably is indirectly connected with protectionism. “Affordability” has become a big issue, in part because […]
Trump’s Shameful Economic Illiteracy
Socialist paternalism vs free market choices
11 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of education, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics
The paternalistic assumption is an important strand within socialist critiques of markets, though it is not the whole story, and it varies significantly across socialist traditions. A clear way to frame it is this: some socialist opposition to markets rests on a guardianship model of society, in which experts, planners, or the state are assumed to make better […]
Socialist paternalism vs free market choices
Quinn Que: To save liberalism, “progressives” must apologize and abandon their air of moral certainty
11 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, gender gap, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination, war against terror
This longish diatribe against “progressives” (i.e., left-wing extremists who aren’t Communists) appeared in my weekly Substack recommendations. Intrigued by the title, I printed it out and read it (I can’t read on screens.) Que’s thesis is one you’ve often seen me advance: “progressives” have gone so far that they’ve alienated much of the Left, and…
Quinn Que: To save liberalism, “progressives” must apologize and abandon their air of moral certainty
Melanie Phillips explains, once again, why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
10 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in liberalism, politics - USA, war and peace, International law, Marxist economics, defence economics Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror, West Bank
Reader Norman sent me the first video below saying, “in one of your posts the other day you gave a link to an article about how anti-Zionism = antisemitism.” Yes, I’ve frequently said that and in fact did so in the last post. And I think the equation is clearly true. For those on the…
Melanie Phillips explains, once again, why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Can Hillary Clinton Be Sued for the False Claim About Trump’s J6 Culpability?
10 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election
Former Secretary of State and two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton has triggered yet another question of defamation in the political…
Can Hillary Clinton Be Sued for the False Claim About Trump’s J6 Culpability?
Quotation of the Day…
10 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, international economics
Tweet… is from page 11 of Menzie Chinn’s and Douglas Irwin’s superb 2025 textbook, International Economics: There is a parable about an entrepreneur who invents an amazing machine. Wheat, soybeans, lumber, and oil are fed into one end of the contraption. As if by magic, smartphones, coffee, and tea, and all manner of clothing and…
Quotation of the Day…
Knowing When It Works: Artists vs Producers
09 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of education, movies, Music, television, TV shows
Great artists are often distinguished not merely by talent, but by judgement. They possess an internal compass—hard-won, intuitive, and sometimes infuriatingly resistant to external advice—that tells them when a work works. This judgement is not always aligned with commercial logic, institutional taste, or the anxieties of producers and executives. The history of twentieth-century culture provides striking […]
Knowing When It Works: Artists vs Producers
Reflections on the Caplan-Bruenig Poverty Debate
09 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA, labour economics, welfare reform, history of economic thought, applied price theory, labour supply, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty
Last month, Econoboi hosted a debate on poverty between myself and Matt Bruenig. Here are my reflections on that debate.I was pleasantly surprised by Bruenig’s openness to most of my proposed supply-side reforms. He wasn’t just pro-immigration, but also pro-deregulation of housing and pro-nuclear. He was happy to admit that these policies aren’t just good…
Reflections on the Caplan-Bruenig Poverty Debate
Mamdani and Other Socialists Tout South Africa and Cuba as Models for Good Government
09 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice
Below is my column in the New York Post on the bizarre effort of Democratic Socialist leaders to herald South…
Mamdani and Other Socialists Tout South Africa and Cuba as Models for Good Government
U.S. Withdraws from the IPCC—and Dismantles a Global Climate Bureaucracy
08 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, International law, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: climate alarmism
…the exit from IPCC-adjacent institutions is not an isolated gesture, but a blunt, in your face, message that the era of unquestioned deference to transnational climate bureaucracy is over.
U.S. Withdraws from the IPCC—and Dismantles a Global Climate Bureaucracy
Reserve Bank sees sense
08 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in business cycles, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand
The Reserve Bank announced: “Following the completion of the review commissioned by the Board in March, we are pleased to announce modernised capital rules that will support an efficient and resilient financial system,” said Rodger Finlay, Chair of the RBNZ Board. “We recalibrated our risk appetite to have regard to our new Financial Policy Remit,…
Reserve Bank sees sense
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
08 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: climate activists, Germany
A humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Berlin after leftwing fanatics sabotage power grid… It’s as if the green movement can’t destroy Germany’s energy supply quickly enough. Now fanatics are resorting to sabotage attacks on lifeline power grids. Epicenter of Berlin’s January 3rd terror attack blackout. For the second time in less than four months, lunatic fanatics…
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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